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Why does the Olympic flame keep going out in Russia?

By Kathy Lally, The Washington Post

Posted:
10/08/2013 05:18:30 PM MDT

Updated:
10/08/2013 05:18:32 PM MDT

Why does the Olympic flame keep going out in Russia?

MOSCOW — The first time the Olympic flame died out was amusing — that was Sunday at the Kremlin, when a plainclothes officer relit it with a cigarette lighter. But then on Monday a second torch flickered out, threatening national embarrassment.A torchbearer taking part in the Olympic relay through Moscow on Monday afternoon was jogging along Raushskaya Embankment, on the other side of the river from the Kremlin, when his flame was extinguished, according to reports on TV Rainand amateur ...

Why does the Olympic flame keep going out in Russia?

By Kathy Lally, The Washington Post

Posted:
10/08/2013 05:18:30 PM MDT

Updated:
10/08/2013 05:18:32 PM MDT

Why does the Olympic flame keep going out in Russia?

MOSCOW — The first time the Olympic flame died out was amusing — that was Sunday at the Kremlin, when a plainclothes officer relit it with a cigarette lighter. But then on Monday a second torch flickered out, threatening national embarrassment.A torchbearer taking part in the Olympic relay through Moscow on Monday afternoon was jogging along Raushskaya Embankment, on the other side of the river from the Kremlin, when his flame was extinguished, according to reports on TV Rainand amateur ...

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